Collected Poems
For the Gravestone of a Politician
For the Gravestone of a Politician
We asked for bread, he gave us stones:
may this one press upon his bones!
Title: For the Gravestone of a Politician
In: Collected Poems
Publication details: Pegasus Press, 1966, Christchurch
Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection
Keywords: Literature
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence
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We asked for bread, he gave us stones:
may this one press upon his bones!